idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個｜个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

to hope / a hope; a wish (CL:個｜个)

to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)

as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton

blessings / to wish sb well

desire / wish

as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious

(indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people

(idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish

to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies

to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year

to hope / to wish / to desire / hoped-for / ready / willing

aspiration / wish (for) / desire

to be fondly attached to / to not wish to part with / to cling to

as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune

lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily

to have one's wishes come true / wish you the best!

ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)

love of beauty / wishing to appear beautiful / to set store by one's appearance

to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled

sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided

lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶｜招财进宝)

thoughts / feelings / aspirations / heartfelt wishes / inner voice

to fail to accomplish / unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)

to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)

to have one's wish fulfilled

things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

according with one's wish or expectation

to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward

to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration

less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

to have one's wishes fulfilled

to wish

if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that)

to congratulate respectfully / to express good wishes

letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc

to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself

to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire

to wish sb (success, bon voyage etc)

to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing)

sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")

a wish / a request (to a deity)

final wishes of the departed

ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!

to have one's wish fulfilled

(literary) to wish; to prefer to / (literary) to incur damage or loss

wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)

long-cherished wish

an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")

to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post

in your dreams! / as if! / You wish! / I wish that were so

indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)

complimentary remarks / well-wishing

wishes of the deceased

congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!

reliable / at one's convenience / as you wish

to go against / to do sth contrary to (sb's wishes)

everything is going smoothly / just as one wishes

long-cherished wish

Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.

to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)

as you wish

to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾｜欲

to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)

to express good wishes

to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion

(literary) to wish / to hope / sad / sorrowful

boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom

lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled

the wish to abandon or keep aloof / the desire to live in retirement

to pray / to pray for sth / to wish sth / prayer / wish

lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書｜汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.

wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.

wished-for / desired

to demand; to call for; to petition / demand; wish; request / to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers) / (marketing) message; pitch

meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes

"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so

to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)

In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss

to have a long-cherished wish realized

magic gourd, granting your every wish

wish list

sth that is expected or wished for

to wish one were dead (idiom) / (fig.) to be in seventh heaven

not wishing to acknowledge sb / unwilling to respond

(literary) to hope for / to wish

Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson

to wish for the stars and the moon / to have unreal expectations

wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)

more than one would wish / somewhat / a bit too (old, contrived, distracting etc)

to express a wish (to a deity)

wishing well

exactly what one would wish / to find one's niche

cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display